The Augustinians founded this town in 1742, but forming only one parish with Calinog; however, after three years Calinog was annexed to Passi, and Lambunao to Laglag which was its Matrix. In 1747, the two towns merged again into one parish; but in three years time they were annexed to their respective matrixes for lack of religious personnel.  In 1753 they were joined again until 1765 when Calinog was annexed to Passi, and Lambunao alone continued constituting a parish. In 1879 Father Jose Lobo transferred it to where it is today, more wholesome than the former one. It is now on an extensive plateau at 190 meters high above sea level.  The terrain is rolling and mountainous, but with beautiful fertile plains. It is irrigated by the Jalauod and the Ulian rivers and many rivulets. In its mountains there are negritos and runaways who are people of riotous living and dangerous for the nearby towns.

             The people of Malunod, barrio of the present Lambunao, were the wildest and superstitious in the Province of Ogtong. When General Don Sabiniano Manrique de Lara was focusing all his attention in Manila to defend the Archipelago against the arrogant Kuesing, an indio this barrio started inciting the people in the adjacent towns preaching a certain kind of illuminism. The fool’s name was Tapara and he would wear a woman’s attire. When he had a fair number of followers, he established a hierarchy: he would be the eternal father, another would be the god-the-son, and the other would become the holy spirit, and a ruffian named Mary would take the role of the Blessed Virgin.  They used to offer the sacrifices to the diwatas and to have obscene sessions at night, wherein men and women, single and married, widows, and virgins would come. The scoundrel Tapara seeing that his followers were already many hit on the blunder of rebellion, making Malunod their general headquarters.

             Fr. Francisco de Mesa, curate of Laglag of which Malunod was a Visita at that time, would preach unceasingly against the sacrileges and obscenities of the unfortunate parishioners, but nothing progressed. Upon knowing that they had set the rebellion, the priest informed the Authorities of Iloilo, and left for Malunod, and without rest he preached the doctrines of the Gospel. Instead of thanking these counsels, those deluded people became furious against the preacher. They enclosed him in the small convent, and set it on fire. In order not to die being burnt the Priest jumped out of a window. The villains received him with the sharp-pointed ends of their spears; however, Fr. Mesa all bathed in his own blood was able able to go near the cross of the barrio’s cemetery, which was adjacent to the convent, and he died embracing it.

             When Governor Pedro de Montfort had received the news about Fr. Mesa, he sent to fight against the rebels some troops of Spaniards, Pampangos and Merdicas under the commands of Captains Gregorio Peralta, Nicolas Rivera, and Francisco Duarte, with Aid-de Camps Pedro Farfan, and Pedro Brazales accompanied by a Notary Public. Without any difficulty the rebels were broken up by the military troop: shortly after Montfront left Iloilo. He imprisoned the principal leaders, the assasins of Fr. Mesa and the ruffian who acted as Mother of God and took them to Iloilo. When the trial had been finished, they were hanged at the Plaza del Castillo. The cadavers were taken later to Malunod and were hung at the banks of the Jalauod River, except that of the infamous woman, who was tied up at a pole and was displayed at the plaza of Laglag to serve as a lesson .

            It is bounded of the North by small mountain chains and by Calinog; on the South by Janiuay, on the East by Duenas; on the West by great mountain chains.

            It is 126 dgrees 9’ of longitude East of the meridian of Madrid and 11 degrees 3’ 24’’ of latitude North.

            Productions: Rice, corn, sugar, tobacco, some coffe, cacao and vegetables.
            Industries: Coarse fabrics of abaca and cotton.
Public Structures: Municipal hall and schools made of light materials; spacious church made of stone, Doric style, by Fr. Jose Lobo (1878); convent made of wood, small darks; today they laying the foundations to construct a new one brick; cemetery  with stone enclosure by Fr. Joaquin Diaz (1898); fair group of houses and good roads.
            Population: In 1845 it had 7, 387; in 1898 it has 9,397.
            Twenty Seven (27) Agustinians have been curates of this town from 1744 to 1898.

Source:
            Fernandez, (2006). Monografias delos Pueblos de la Isla de Panay [Monographs of the Towns in Panay] (J. Espinosa, Trans.) (pp. 148-149). University Of San Agustin Publishing House. (original work published 1918)